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YouTube Titan MrBeast Teases Potential Collaboration With McLaren F1 Star Lando Norris

Published 05/07/2022, 1:44 PM EDT

Jimmy Donaldson or better known as MrBeast on YouTube, is a name that speaks for itself. Known for making YouTube videos with an insane amount of money being given away in each of them; his popularity has only increased year by year. And the same applies to his social media presence as well. With 14 million followers on Twitter, it’s incredibly hard not to ignore him, not even for Formula 1 drivers like Lando Norris.

Thx, let’s race sometime
— MrBeast (@MrBeast) May 7, 2022

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“Happy birthday MrBeast” tweeted MrBeast to himself. And Lando pitched in his wishes by tweeting, “hbd”. Things got a bit interesting when Jimmy replied back saying, “Thx, let’s race sometime”.

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Could we possibly be seeing a collaboration between a world-famous driver and an incredibly popular YouTuber? Well, it does seem like a very exciting prospect for the world of Esports.

Lando and his Esports adventure

Anyone who follows Lando Norris, knows that he is very big into the world of Esports. His love for streaming on Twitch has been setting the standards for future Formula 1 drivers. The McLaren driver has become a household name in the world of Twitch.

His popularity rose dramatically when the world went into lockdown in 2020. Stuck at home and with nothing else to do, people logged on to see their favorite superstar livestreaming his video games.

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Can’t believe I went from a Full time @Twitch streamer to 3rd youngest ever F1 podium finisher in a matter of days….
— Lando Norris (@LandoNorris) July 6, 2020

The Briton took it a step further when he launched his own Esports team called “Team Quadrant”. “Quadrant is something I’ve wanted to do for a long while,” Lando said to BBC Sport. “While racing will be a focus and be a bigger passion than almost any other Esports, Quadrant is hopefully going to be expanding into many other different categories of esports and games.”

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Apart from Lando, even his McLaren F1 team has an Esports team called McLaren Shadows. Based in the MTC, McLaren Shadow competes in some of the well-known series in the world of Esports. With high-profile names jumping into the Esports scene in the last few years, it will be interesting to see how big this environment can grow.

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Vaibhav Aatreya is an F1 author at EssentiallySports. His ever-growing passion for the sport, combined with his willingness to learn the inside workings of Formula 1, led him to pursue his graduation in Mechanical Engineering. Having been following the world of motorsports for many years now, Vaibhav loves to pen down his thoughts, giving his take on the ongoings in the sport.

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Ranvijay Singh

YouTube Titan MrBeast Teases Potential Collaboration With McLaren F1 Star Lando Norris

Lando and his Esports adventure

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